Turn around the foot of the mountain and go up the official road. Zhang Guangchang wanted to send someone to escort him, but Su Ren refused. Liu Ci was still looking for the Yue people and Liu Hong, so let them continue looking. Li Danghu only had one
He didn't speak. He turned around to look at Su Ren several times. After thinking about it, he still didn't ask.
Seeing that it was getting late, everyone stopped and started to set up camp. Su Ren asked Huang Shisan to set up a table and some chairs by the campfire, made a pot of tea, and invited Chun Yuyi to come over, and the old man and the young man drank tea and chatted.
This is Su Ren's favorite thing, and it is also the time when he is most relaxed. Often at this time, all kinds of strange thoughts will come out of Su Ren's mouth, attracting many people to come over.
Gongsun He's legs were already big and he couldn't drink wine, so tea became the only drink. As soon as he came, he hugged Su Ren's teapot and drank for a while: "Good tea, it is indeed good tea. How can you get so much good tea?"
?Eh? Why didn’t you stop me today?”
Su Ren poured the tea soup in his tea bowl onto the ground: "This tea brewing is very particular. This first brew is called washing tea. It washes away the dirt in the tea and leaves behind the fragrance. You cannot drink this tea. You
Since you drank it and saved me the money, why should I stop you?"
"Uh...!" Gongsun He retched, causing everyone around him to laugh.
"Different varieties of tea have different tastes depending on where they are produced, so there is a classification of Shu tea and Southern tea." Su Ren ignored Gongsun He, refilled the teapot with water, and continued: "Besides,
The tools used to pick tea are different from those of the tea pickers, and the quality of the tea is also different. There are many types of tea, and the drinking methods are also different. Some need to be drunk hot, and some need warm water. The tea we drink is produced in Hengshan..."
"Wait a minute!" Gongsun He tidied up his clothes: "Isn't it just tea? There are so many things mentioned about it? I just heard what you said, different tea pickers are different. I don't believe that men and women pick tea.
What difference can the painted grass make when it comes out!”
Su Ren smiled, poured a cup for everyone, picked up the tea cup, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, with a look of intoxication on his face. After a long time, he took a sip: "Have you heard of frankincense tea?"
Gongsun He was stunned when asked: "What? Frankincense tea? Can this grass-coated soup still contain frankincense? Hahaha..."
Su Ren smiled: "The picking of frankincense tea is like this. Select untouched girls and pick them by mouth. The picked tea leaves are stored in the chest. This is called frankincense tea. This tea not only has the fragrance of tea, but also has the fragrance of girls.
The fragrance is so delicate that once you take a sip, a dancing fairy will appear in front of your eyes. The aftertaste is endless and the meaning is still unfinished!"
Su Ren's words were particularly eloquent, instantly pulling these young and strong young men into the reverie he described, and even Li Danghu, who had always been steady, couldn't help but become suspicious.
Shi Bao on the side widened his eyes and moved closer to Su Ren: "Brother, have you drunk it?"
"No!"
"Ahem...!" Just now, Su Ren's reverie, where his heartbeat was racing and his face was red, was filled with reverie, but Su Ren didn't say a word to calm his heart.
Gongsun He rolled his eyes and was not entangled. Chun Yuyi shook his head and said with a smile: "Ziheng, this is a joke. There is no such thing in the world. It grows in steep and steep places. Even men are worried about their lives.
Not to mention women? If this tea really had such effects, it would have been spread all over the world. Why should we applaud Ziheng’s tea?"
Li Danghu and Wei Qing nodded repeatedly. But Huo Jin said: "My eldest brother said there is, so there must be. I can only say that you have never drunk it, right? Brother!"
Su Ren suppressed his laughter and kept nodding: "The world is more than tens of millions of miles away, and anything is possible. When a person is born, do you dare to say who this child will be in the future? Even if it is not tea, it may be something else.
It can give people such enjoyment, but we just don’t know it! No matter whether it’s about people or things, no one should jump to conclusions easily.”
"Is this why you paid special attention to that captain in the afternoon?" Li Danghu suddenly interrupted, changing the topic from tea to the captain who was watching the city gate.
"What? General Li doesn't like that captain?"
Li Danghu nodded: "This person has a deer head and rat eyes, is good at flattering, and has no backbone. Even if such a person is given a high official position, he is just a mediocre person."
"I also think he is mediocre."
"Then you still..."
Su Ren put down the teacup: "Let me tell you a story!"
The children Huo Jin, Shi Bao, and Li Gan were overjoyed and hurriedly came forward to join in. They also attracted some guards to move their feet this way.
"Have you ever heard of the word flattery?" Su Ren asked a question as soon as it came up. Looking around, a few elderly and somewhat knowledgeable people seemed to have understood something from it, while the rest all had expressions on their faces.
He looked at him blankly and quietly.
"There is a horse that is tall, strong, and good at running. It is one of the best horses in the world. So everyone thinks that this horse is very good. It is good-looking and can run fast. This horse enjoys itself and thinks that it can run faster.
If the horse is faster, the rider will say more complimentary words, so the horse will keep running, keep running, and finally it will be exhausted. This is flattery!"
"The captain was stupid and incompetent at that time, but I praised him. Why? I just want to praise him and make him feel that he has done a good job and will continue to do it in the future..."
"What's the point of this? Even if King Hengshan kills him in anger in the end, it doesn't matter if he kills a mediocre person!" Gongsun He dismissed it.
Su Ren shook his head: "There is another word called gap, which is not a spy like a spy, but a gap with gaps."
"The so-called gap is a gap. No matter if there is a gap between people or things, the relationship between them will not be stable. There will be a gap between the axle and the wheels of the carriage. Over time, the axle will be severely worn, and the carriage will also be damaged.
It won’t work anymore, and there will be a gap between people. Even if you are a couple, over time your family will become disloyal.”
"Do you want to create a gap between Zhang Guangchang and Lieutenant Hou?" Gongsun He was a good listener and could get the point of every question he asked.
Su Ren shook his head again: "It's not Zhang Guangchang and Hou Duwei, but the King of Hengshan and Zhang Guangchang."
"How can this be?"
"How is this impossible?" Su Ren drank the tea in his hand and gently put down the cup: "You can think of it this way, the words about the incident in the afternoon have already reached Liu Ci's ears. He
What do you think? According to common sense, Lieutenant Hou did his duty faithfully and blocked us in the city without his orders, but what about Zhang Guangchang? He was released privately!"
"Whether it's the matter of the Yue people or the matter of his palace guards, the person Liu Ci is most suspicious of is not Liu Hong, but us. Why? Because we are the emperor's people. As long as we get these things, it is a great achievement.
On the contrary, Liu Hong had no motive for doing this. If Zhang Guangchang let us go, what would Liu Ci think? He would wonder if Zhang Guangchang has anything to do with us?"
"Of course, this incident alone will not make Liu Ci alienate Zhang Guangchang, but when I expressed my intention to win over Captain Hou at the city gate, Liu Ci would look at Captain Hou with admiration. This Captain is good at flattering and can bend and stretch.
, as long as he is willing to put in the effort, he will be able to hang around Liu Ci in a short time. What happened today is that Zhang Guangchang overpowered Hou Duwei. I can't guarantee that Hou Duwei has no taboos in his heart. If that day comes, what do you think Hou Duwei will do?
Will Wei speak ill of Zhang Guangchang in front of Liu Ci?"
Everyone frowned, digesting Su Ren's words. The circle was a bit big, completely beyond their understanding. Gongsun He was the first to react, hugged Su Ren, and laughed: "You, you are simply
It’s too bad, you can see things in such a long term, at least three to five years from now, right?”
Su Ren smiled: "What? You can't afford to wait?"
Chun Yuyi stood up slowly, and the two apprentices beside him hurriedly came to help him. The old man sighed softly and shook his head: "Hey! Zi Heng's vision is not as good as it is. I hope you can use these skills on the right path. If you do anything wrong, who will
I know what kind of trouble you can cause!"
In the eyes of these lovely ancients, the intrigues in the workplace are just like the Book of Heaven. Fortunately, there is no Zhuge Liang like the monster in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Otherwise, let alone Cao Cao, it would be easy to rule the entire earth.
In the end, the only ones left beside Su Ren were Li Danghu and Wei Qing. One of them looked down at the fire, and the other looked at Su Ren with admiration. Wei Qing smiled: "Brother Su, you got these things from
Where did you learn it?"
Su Ren smiled slyly and patted Wei Qing on the shoulder: "Secret! Do you know it now? Don't play tricks on me, otherwise you will die miserably!"
Wei Qing waved his hands quickly: "Don't dare!"
Li Danghu snorted coldly: "This was all used by him to figure out people's hearts when he was a merchant. As expected, merchants don't have any good things!"
"You are wrong in saying this. Let's not talk about it. I said two merchants. How dare you say that they are not good people? Fan Li, the official of the Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Lu Buwei, the Prime Minister of the Qin State in the Warring States Period, helped Gou Jian defeat the Wu State.
If one helps Qin Shihuang to unify the world, they are all heroes. As for the tyranny of Qin, that is a later story and has nothing to do with Lu Buwei!"
"Which one of them do you want to imitate?"
Seeing that Li Danghu was serious, Su Ren wanted to tease him, but was worried that this guy would hold a grudge. He chuckled: "Of course it's Fan Li? I want to help your majesty pacify the Yue people, collect the southern barbarians, drive out the Xiongnu, and have all the nations come to congratulate me, and then I can go boating like Fan Li."
On the sea, if you are accompanied by a beautiful woman, you will not be like Lu Buwei, who has achieved great success and shocked the master, and ended up being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!"
"How about taking me with you?" Hawking suddenly appeared with a huge grin on his face.
Su Ren slapped Hawking on the back of the head: "You are everywhere! Go back and sleep!"
The night wind blew and the bonfire was warm. Su Ren stood up, stretched out his arms, shook his waist, and walked a few steps forward. There was silence all around, and he could hear the faint sound of water. Suddenly he shouted loudly and started singing:
"Ah...! The rolling waters of the Yangtze River pass by, and the waves wash away the heroes; right and wrong, success and failure are all gone, but the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times; the white-haired fishermen and woodcutters on the river are used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze; a pot of turbid wine happily meets each other
, so many things in ancient and modern times are all laughed at...!" (To be continued)